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ENTEROLOBIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia
Synonyms:
Enterolobium; genus Enterolobium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Enterolobium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Enterolobium"):
conacaste; elephant's ear; Enterolobium cyclocarpa (tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber)
Holonyms ("Enterolobium" is a member of...):
Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)